duck-shaped pain

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These pictures are all of my office at home, and then there are some of other various locations in the same house.

1. I have too many books. This is only a select sample.

2. The finest velvet painting ever. What's holding the guitar up? Why is the guitar in a completely different plane than his body? Where's his other arm?

3. Improvements need to be made, like finding a place to put this stuff. A bunch of books I bought in Denver, some postcards, a calendar and, in the background, a wire record holder.

4. Excellent lamp, stern-looking men, an assortment of things [1]

5. Where the magic happens.

6. The suck-holds-up-the-gold system of filing CDs. This picture makes it look like I have a lot less than I do, because most of them are on a different part of the floor right now.

7. Fish, chair, smoke detector, lamp, work of art: a still-life of quiet desperation.

8. Finally, the floor. The rug was a ten-dollar yard sale find, and there's a stack of stuff I picked up on my long vacation that I haven't dealt with yet.

9. Twigs, Acupuncture Man, and the backyard of the neighbors who wash their cars every day.

10. This drawing is yet another excellent yard-sale find, courtesy of my mom. And look, I am a doughnut enthusiast.

11. Banana slug vs. Eiffel tower!

12. Toast guy vs. late Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater!

13. Close-up of Pointless Vibrating Crab, being all boogly as usual.

14. My dirty car, as seen through a dirty window.

15. Bizarre tiki-head grill thing I haven't figured out yet. There's a hole in the bottom for a heat source, and holes to put your skewers in, so I think it's supposed to be used for tacky retro appetizers or something. Plus some more books.

16. Homely ceramic bison plaque, rescued from a trash dumpster.

[1] The "stern-looking men" are actually former presidents of the Mormon church. I got them one day when I went to the Mormon thrift store in Portland, and they were just handing these out to anyone who came in. I used to have them hanging up in my bathroom, but now they're in the office, hiding behind the lamp.

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